I use this often. It works well for all grades. I’ve used it for mini-reports, book reports, definitions, parts of speech, and more. You can use all blank cards, all lined, or alternate. I’ve also glued photographs instead of cards to the accordion. I tend to use the book with the cards horizontal so that it can be hung, but the cards can also stand vertically.

You Need: 7. Put glue on one of the tabs and place the  2 long narrow pieces of brown grocery back side of the other piece on top so that bag or stiff / the tab is on the top again. Press the two  8 index cards (I use 3” x 5” or stiff pieces together along the seam to help the paper/card stock cut to size) glue adhere.  1 piece 24” yarn  Beads- optional  Glue stick and scrap paper  Hole punch 1. Put both long pieces together and fold 8. Punch a hole in the center of the tab. a tab the width of your thumb or a little Thread the yarn through the hole and pull more if you have a small thumb. it so that there is an even amount of yarn on each side of the accordion. Tie the 2. Separate the pieces and fold one piece in two ends in a double knot at the bottom. half so that the tab is on the inside the fold. The yarn loop can hold the book closed and be used for hanging when the book is open. You can tie beads to the ends of 3. Fold the top half back so that it meets the yarn for decoration. the fold.

4. Turn the paper over and fold the other half back so that the edge meets the fold. 9. Stand the accordion so that the tab is facing down. Glue one index card, centered 5. Repeat the same process with the from top to bottom and side to side, on the second piece. each of the sections of the accordion. 6. Place the two pieces of folded paper More bookmaking ideas are available at Susan’s in front of you so that the tab is on the website, makingbooks.com. Ebooks with thorough top and they look like two . directions for specific projects are available for purchase at the Bookstore at makingbooks.com.

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